VOA标准英语2010年-North Korea Calls for Peace Treaty wit

The U.S. says it wants to see North Korea return to six-party denuclearization talks before it considers negotiations involving a wider range of issues. U.S. officials commented Monday after North Korea called for peace talks with the U.S. and an end

VOA标准英语2010年-Mourning Togo Football Team Denied Acc

Officials from the Africa Cup of Nations have denied a request by the Togolese Football team to join the tournament in Angola late following a deadly border ambush last week that left three members of their entourage dead. Ricci Shryock | Dakar 11 Ja

VOA标准英语2010年-Iran Parliament Report Blames Torture

Months after Iranian opposition leaders denounced acts of torture and rape at the infamous Kahrizak detention center, the country's parliament has released a report detailing incidents of mistreatment and suspicious deaths. Notorious former Tehran pr

VOA标准英语2010年-Jordanian Suicide Bomber, in Pre-Attac

The suicide bomber who killed 7 CIA employees on a US base in eastern Afghanistan was seen, on Saturday, in a pre-attack video alongside Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud. In the video, Humam Khalil Abu Mulal al-Balawi, a Jordanian, says he w

VOA标准英语2010年-Israel Reacts Angrily to US Threat of

U.S. Middle East envoy says the United States could withhold loan guarantees if Israel fails to advance the peace process. Robert Berger | Jerusalem 10 January 2010 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during the weekly cabinet meeting i

VOA标准英语2010年-Not Guilty Plea Entered for US Plane B

vehicle enters the garage at Federal Courthouse in Detroit before a hearing for Nigerian bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 08 Jan 2010 Terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has pleaded not guilty in a Detroit Federal courtroom to charges

VOA标准英语2010年-Croatia Votes for New President With E

Croats begin voting in decisive round of presidential elections with opinion polls predicting narrow victory for left-leaning candidate Ivo Josipovic. Stefan Bos | Budapest 10 January 2010 Croatia's presidential candidate Ivo Josipovic of the Social

VOA标准英语2010年-Mexico Making Progress in War on Drug

Mexico Drug Cartel Chief Killed On December 16, Mexican marines stormed a luxury apartment in Cuernavaca, near Mexico City, and killed Arturo Beltran Leyva, head of one of the country's largest drug trafficking organizations. A couple of weeks later,

VOA标准英语2010年-US Launches Major Response to Haiti Ea

The United States has launched a major civilian and military response to the massive earthquake in Haiti, which has flattened buildings in much of the capital, and left a devastating toll of death and destruction. We have details of the American resc

VOA标准英语2010年-Falling New Auto Sales in US Could Sig

The auto fleet in the United States is shrinking. For the first time since World War II, more used cars were scrapped than new cars sold in 2009. The fleet decreased from an all-time high in 2008 of 250 million vehicles to 246 million last year. Driv

VOA标准英语2010年-Biotech Soybeans Promise Heart Benefit

I'd much rather have my yogurt and granola bar and salad dressing with omega-3 than have to take a capsule every morning. - Roy Fuchs, Monsanto Genetically modified foods have been controversial ever since they were introduced. But a new variety of G

VOA标准英语2010年-Filmmaker Mark Johnson Connects People

Johnson's 'Playing for Change' music videos serve as inspiration to millions who have seen them on the Internet Susan Logue Koster | Washington, DC 11 January 2010 The Playing for Change Band performed in Boston in October 2009 Related Links Playing

VOA标准英语2010年-Obama: Resetting Relations with Russia

During the President Barack Obama's first year in office, his administration sought to reset America's relationship with Russia that had become strained under President George W. Bush Peter Fedynsky | Moscow 12 January 2010 Russian Foreign Minister S

VOA标准英语2010年-US Reaches out to Quake-Hit Haiti

The U.S. government as well as American officials and aid workers are trying to help Haiti following the devastating earthquake that hit near the capital Port-au-Prince late Tuesday. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined U.S. help to Haiti from

VOA标准英语2010年-Radical Islamic Group Banned in Britai

The British government has banned an Islamic group under the country's counter-terrorism laws. Islam4UK had planned to stage a march through the British town Wootton Bassett to honor Muslims killed in Afghanistan. Britain's home secretary has announc

VOA标准英语2010年-Five New Planets Discovered by NASA's

Artist's conception of the Kepler spacecraft, launched in 2008 to identify planets orbiting distant stars Related Links Kepler The planets we found are all hotter than molten lava. ... Looking at them might be like looking at a blast furnace. Scienti

VOA标准英语2010年-Pentagon Intelligence Chief Urges Paki

The top US defense intelligence officer says it is not clear how successful Pakistan's military operations have been in reducing the Taliban threat to US and NATO troops. The chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency tells VOA the Pakistani army shoul

VOA标准英语2010年-Haitian Hospitals Struggle with Flood

Hospitals in Haiti are struggling to cope with the flood of people injured in Tuesday's earthquake, as bodies pile up in severely damaged areas. International aid is streaming into the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, in response to the crisis. Injure

VOA标准英语2010年-Blast Kills Iranian Nuclear Physicist

An Iranian nuclear physicist has been killed by a remote-controlled bomb hidden in a motorcycle. Iranian prosecutor general Abbas Jaafar Dolatabadi is pointing the finger at Western intelligence agencies. A U.S. State Department spokesman called the

VOA标准英语2010年-Los Angeles Haitian Community Raises F

Haitian immigrant communities around the United States have been mobilizing help for victims of the earthquake, which brought destruction to the island nation Tuesday. The Haitian community there has seen an outpouring of money and support. Major cha